Project Details
Description
This project will help to reduce the environmental impact of automobiles in-service and during manufacture,by providing a low cost solution to stamp high strength sheet steels and avoiding the use of harmfullubricants. A holistic approach to tackle the problem of tool wear in metal forming will be adopted. Theoutcomes will be: a detailed understanding of the tool degradation process; a novel surface engineeringsolution (via ionic liquids) to improve wear performance, tailored to the stamping process and low costtooling; an innovative active monitoring system to predict the tool condition. By avoiding unscheduledmaintenance or tool replacement due to wear-related issues, significant economic and efficiency gains willbe made.
Status | Finished |
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Effective start/end date | 1/04/12 → 31/03/17 |
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